IIHF World U20 Championship Division III
Current season, competition or edition: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III | |
| Formerly | D-series (1979–2000) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1979 (D-series) 2001 (Division III) |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Iceland |
| Most titles |  China (3 titles) |
| Promotion to | Division II |
| Official website | IIHF.com |
The IIHF World U20 Championship Division III is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division III in the previous year.[1][2]
Until 2001 the series was known as the D-series.
Results
| Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Promoted to IIHF U20 Division II | To Division III qualification | |
| 2001 | Iceland
|
– |
| 2002 | All teams get promoted | – |
| 2003 |  South Korea,  Belgium
|
– |
| 2004 |  Australia, China
|
– |
| 2005 |  Mexico,  New Zealand
|
– |
| 2006 |  Lithuania, Iceland
|
– |
| 2007 | China, Belgium
|
– |
| 2008 | New Zealand,  Serbia
|
– |
| 2009 | Cancelled | – |
| 2010 | Australia, Iceland
|
– |
| 2011 | Mexico, Serbia
|
– |
| 2012 | Iceland
|
– |
| 2013 | China
|
– |
| 2014 | Belgium
|
– |
| 2015 | China
|
– |
| 2016 | Mexico
|
– |
| 2017 |  Turkey
|
– |
| 2018 |  Israel
|
New Zealand
|
| 2019 | China
|
- |
| 2020 | Iceland
|
- |
